In this Jan. 20, 2012 photo, the McDonald's logo is displayed on a drink as customers purchase lunch at McDonald's, in Springfield, Ill. M (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

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Allegedly spitting in a customer's drink didn't just get a South Carolina McDonald's employee fired—it got him arrested. Marvin D. Washington Jr., 19, has been charged with unlawful and malicious tampering with food after a mom and daughter found phlegm in their tea, WYFF4 reports. The pair had ordered sweet tea Saturday, then returned it after realizing it was not sweet. The replacement tea was still not sweet, but they decided to sweeten it themselves at home. That's where, upon removing the lid, they noticed what WYFF4 appetizingly refers to as "a large deposit of phlegm" in both drinks. Washington was seen on video leaning close to the cups, authorities say.

If it's not clearly on video they shouldn't have arrested him. I've seen people mess with their food to they get a free meal.

littlewolfplaying

Apr 19, 2012 5:12 PM CDT

i love there french fries(one or twice a year),but if i cant pour it my self i dont want. i quit eating out after i seen the guy at checkers drop the fish square on the floor and pick it up and put it on the bread and wrap it up,did not even brush it off,not that it mattered.people dont care any more.there was a time when people took pride in there work and had respect for one another,but not in this new world that we live in now,they could care less about you or any one else.